Today we drove to Monterey in order to go whale watching and we were not disappointed! We saw a couple of Humpback whales (one Mum with a calf) but even better, we saw a Leatherback Sea Turtle, a very rare thing indeed. In fact, one of the guys who works on the boat has only seen a dozen or so of them in 20 years – they are an endangered species, so we felt very privileged, although it did bring on some feelings of our missing Junior, so we had to watch a few videos of the little critter (current favourite, him getting to the edge of the kitchen floor and losing his nerve). There was quite a swell so I overdosed on seasick tablets and spent rest of the day half asleep, but at least I wasn’t one of the many people hurling left and right (not all of them taking into account the direction of the wind). Bella also decided not to chance it, but Bill seems to have inherited his grandfather’s sea legs and blithely looked right as rain while the majority of us turned green.
Before we left Deetjuns in the morning, I found an excellent journal entry referring to the limited space in the shared bathroom: “ I’ve never had to sit on a toilet side-saddle before”. I laughed so much I nearly hit my head on the chest of drawers. I’d go so far as to say I haven’t laughed so much since the late 20th century. We then spent a few moments reminiscing about Tim collapsing on the living room floor laughing while watching the episode of Extras where Ronnie Corbett is taking drugs in the toilet. Happy days.
Monterey itself was a little too crowded with tourists for our liking and the claim that the Aquarium is ‘probably the best in the world’ made me think they’ve never been to Boston.
While we are here, London seems to be imploding – no coverage whatsoever on the TV though, as they are too busy watching the US/world economy go down the toilet in real time.
I am such a complete flake that I asked the Boss (Big Sir) whether I could stay in Carmel last tonight so as to avoid feeling sick on the roads back to Deetjuns. I think Bellsie thinks it’s so I can have a decent shower. She was awake for hours last night listening to raccoons/mice/creatures with small toe-nails scratching their way over her roof. Roll on The Marriot!!!
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